'Sons of Anarchy' Series Finale How Did It All End? Recap

After seven seasons and plenty of bloodshed, "Sons of Anarchy" is finally over. So, the question is this: If "SOA" is supposed to be a sort of "Hamlet" adaptation, was the ending sufficiently Shakespearean?

If you haven't watched the series finale yet, don't read on...there are major spoilers ahead!

With the season seven teasers showing Jax (Charlie Hunnam) standing amid police helicopters with the outline of a skull on his face, many fans were predicting that Jax would die in the season finale. In fact, it seemed like almost every fan thought that would be the case.

Sure enough, they were right. But when your source material is "Hamlet," where just about everyone dies, would anything less be appropriate?

Over the course of the episode, we saw Jax set his boys up with Wendy and Nero, and make sure that they would be well provided for. It was clear from the get-go, at least to Jax, that he probably wouldn't be getting out of this one clean.

He then set to work making things right for SAMCRO and doing right by his father. He sets up the rest of the club to carry on (Chibs in charge as President), and heads to Barosky's bakery to put a bullet in Barosky's head. From there, he goes to the courthouse and takes Marks out, but not before letting Marks see his face.

With all of those witnesses, Jax's fate is clear: he never intended to get out of this alive. Prison has shown to be a pretty terrible place in the "SOA" universe, so Jax has a better idea to go out in a blaze of glory.

He does so by riding down West 580, wind in his hair, about 25 cop cars chasing him, and slamming into the truck driven by Milo. We also get a nice bookend to the series with the piece of blood-spattered bread, much like the bread we saw being eaten by crows in the pilot.

"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter had an expletive-filled rant earlier this week as it turned out that a companion book he put together, which was intended to go out after the series finale, shipped early to fans and spoiled the ending of the series.

"I f--ked up," Sutter wrote on Twitter. "It was my idea for the book, so ultimately, I am to blame. So if you received a book, I apologize. I ask that you not share your wrath or pain or opinion in social media so as to not spoil the experience of others. There is no excuse for utter ineptitude. It pains me that this will be the parting memory of some fans. I hope you all tune in for the finale. It plays much better than it reads."

We have to agree with that last part. The ending was nothing short of epic.